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\"Beyond<\/a><\/h3>\n
\"Photo<\/a>
Nam Hoang Nguyen performs, photo by Brae Howard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nam Nguyen, pianist and scholar<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Wednesday, February 10, Noon, EST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Temple University Libraries’ Beyond the Notes<\/em> is pleased and proud to present a performance and discussion of Vietnamese piano music of the Twentieth Century by doctoral student Nam Nguyen.<\/p>\n

Western art music is relatively new in Vietnam, with a colonial history that started in the late nineteenth century.\u00a0 Early European music exposure in Vietnam was part of French mission civilisatrice<\/em> and was later taken over by the Vietnamese with the establishment of the first Vietnamese conservatory (now known as the Vietnam Academy of Music) in 1956.\u00a0 The development and progress of classical music, however, was hindered by the Vietnam war and facility limitations throughout most of Vietnam\u2019s modern history.\u00a0 Despite the obstacles, Vietnamese musicians managed to keep the school operating and to train generations of musicians.\u00a0 Vietnamese composers also managed to produce a substantial amount of repertoire in various genres: orchestra, chamber, solo instrument, songs, and more.\u00a0 Within the relatively small solo instrumental output, piano music occupies a major part.\u00a0 These works, however, remain unknown even in Vietnam, due to lack of performance and information.\u00a0 In the lecture, I will offer an overview of the development and dissemination of European classical music in Vietnam as context for the second part, which focuses on compositions for piano.\u00a0 Although the piano has foreign origins, Vietnamese composers managed to integrate folk elements into their compositions for the instrument.\u00a0 Not only did it allow the younger generation to assimilate music from the west, it also fostered their understanding of national identity.\u00a0 At first, many Vietnamese piano works were intended for pedagogical purposes.\u00a0 As Vietnamese musicians received better training and education, they composed more complex and original works, intended for a concert setting.\u00a0 Although only a very small number of works are performed today, Vietnamese piano music, as the combination of western musical training and Vietnamese creativity, constitutes a meaningful artistic genre.<\/p>\n

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Nam Nguyen is currently a doctoral student in Piano Performance at Boyer College of Music and Dance. His principal teachers have included Ha Thu Tran, Harvey Wedeen, and Ching-Yun Hu; he also studied collaborative piano with Lambert Orkis and early keyboard instruments with Joyce Lindorff. Besides playing traditional solo piano repertoire, Nguyen is actively involved in the performance of contemporary music as well as participating in different ensembles of various sizes.<\/p>\n

Nam started his piano training at the age of six and attended Vietnam Academy of Music before coming to Temple. While he spent his early years learning piano in Vietnam, he did not have much experience to the classical music by Vietnamese composers and did not know many works in the repertoire. Exposure to the development of Classical Music in America, which brought forth some of the most original composers such as Charles Ives, George Gershwin, sparked his interest in his own culture, and he decided to research the topic of Vietnamese piano music for his dissertation.<\/p>\n

This program will be presented via Zoom. On the day of the program, use this link to join:\u00a0https:\/\/temple.zoom.us\/j\/99575828248<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All programs are free and open to all, and registration is encouraged.<\/p>\n

Register<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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